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Show IT WAS PREDICTED. AliK ABI.E ntOl'HF.SY PUBUS11ED NEAULY THREE YKABS AGO. 1 The following prophetic article iippeared in the Albany Argua in Jmiimry, 1874. It is interesting reading for the American citizen at UiU time: At 12 o'clock, tho hum fixed upen fur the ati-iembliii; of the seinUe uud the counting of the votes uf thu cluiUiral colit-ge, the private aeiTutiiry uf the prctidftit tttrpped into his carriage and prncteJed lirnt to the government printing bureju, where he reimiined fur a few moment, mo-ment, and Ih-.-n prufe tiled to tho jenate ciiuinher. Ho w.ia llcndi-d by a body noard uf .HA) iniirincs from the capittl imvy yard. On reaching thu capital building, tho marines were orderi-d tobko poir-ji!ou nf the bails und corhdora leading to the senate ctutmber and tho hou-ie of , represent Uvea. i'ne senate was airc.y iu sta;iuu, and, at the Conclusion Con-clusion uf tint praer by the chaplain, the members of the lower house pre-jtniw.1 pre-jtniw.1 thL'iiclvii al the doors ol the icnatu ciiamln-r, in obedience to the constitutional order requiring their pnsi'iice ul tho counting of the elector. il v.U eu.ita bein pruvided (ur them uu tut du-r ol thu chamber. At tiiu proper minncnl Simitor Fre-iingiaiystn Fre-iingiaiystn tino in tut) ee.tt and moved it.O vote to lo counted. At thu monK-nt the private aecrt-lary of th prenidt nl tiit' Tid, and whs recognizee ai oii'-e hy L;;t' i.rrk o( tho senate with Dio u-'ial ".Mr. I'n-slJt lit, i nu-M.t;e from lh pruident." Ii place of tho '-ipt'dod iiK-aaage, tin folhtwuik pniclamttliuii tell upon tin tunnid vara of liio dfmocralu Benateirs: 1 r..t..-r rrvK Man.iIms, F,h. 10, 1S77 To th' i'rtui'itt of t' i?Hite: Kili'iiiiVc and glriug fraud a liivu g In: en dtleetfd in t:e eicttorat cciiuic-tlt-a rrlurued by crrtm u( Ihf al-it.-rt, I itieretore ai Iho MeutiT,' j , In ail uf the n.i(:nn, and aclitg m lU b.-ln;f, f.-rl'Ld tl.r n.unl.i. of Yjte ol thw tUcUjral iV.ig1, ki.J hirvhy dei l.ilv U.f -t'-nato di.iil. tiiTi ii ui.ih'i my l iiil and avial thin 2U:it d.iy ul Kehrurv, 1 7 7 , tc. Tilt SLS tT it l-UINDt:.-1. A Bmii.r priA lamat.on a .lit L h'niie uf ft pf 'ti'.AliT-t, up-'ii it. r'ft-fM in bin 1 He a nitr, ulwjty- the i,h i .'Mi t i f i i i.trnham, ;i r r i. !ti iIIimo! a 'ru f(--r i . 't i 1 1 1 d' n a r I'lt. .ii i-tl t' l - nr.r Murli ri U p i iifl Hn ft. upline - i f It r tn! to a t 1 1 i ( it n t 1 y . ' I'ht hf-'tw, tho imn.l ! r pr a".il iIiti ' uf the pfi I 'm, rrliin il l ndjourn. at.il a u ri'.i' of the w;! !i-t o inhjaioii f- - I. in n I, dunt.g wo'-h a itii diIh r from N'-w J' r- y, Ai'drrw J irLn nut ii, pun p4 d into tur t"f V a ni.'l r.naivuci-d to addrr-ui thr hiiii'i'. He icjnuly In a vti wiiun n i lifpuid ul anlnnt u;.d.r Ihni-taI li.iU-i.tk n.ttrrd tlio hH. i Inlrr ) w.i m-l.intly rt'ltTttl, ;m-1 in a firm, (liilin'lif I. n hr pm .tin(i"n ul (he prt-idnl t apmn rrtid hy thr rlik nf thn luMifto by liir ordT nf thr K.'ii r.il. In livtj tniuu'r tho hall Mua'l.td and Im n-lii.n-l l.-..l. turn wiiji siupi'tidril, nnd a gi.iid nl V") ipgnl.irB itiitionrd apHind thfl rapiti 1. dii crn-iaiiig into thr flrect u pri'!.tii)itlioii (ruin the president lo the pe plo of tho I'nihd Ult ft wim m tho hitnda of Iho popn-Im popn-Im now o iiipying every a remit' an I rri a'rrrt k:idmr, inl- tin-cpiL, tin-cpiL, I. Il 1: ..I 1,,-rn p'.d hr-idr-in i-vrry pnhiu piaco and ruid a follow: f X M i TiVK M vS-iiny, -Vb. en, 1S77. T- tht rt.vfr at thr f,tr.l Sf-itt: Ciiicn Kruiiud, thr nmi plaring :ii:il oviTwhi-lmin, i.mn h-rn de td tid in tho nininaof Iho clectornl v(ti IrantmiLUd to tie rlcciorrtl coih.L". 'Ino Kiirnd nglit nf aiiflr." hax (' en Irainplnl inlo do-t hy thiao wlio should havo upheld il. Ah com in and er hi-rhiff of tho army nnd navy of tho 1'nitrd -Union, havo plm i d ilm wholn eoimlry under martial !nw. Tho military power of tho nation in at thin moment m full pus-srianni nf fvnry nUlo nnd territory, an. I imhjrrl to my order. i nHt- H'iMninHi inn loiinung n the oloetoral volo in llin nenrito, nni I have (.i-mlvd Ihp natipmd legis Iriture. A new elerlion will he immrdiatel) ordered, hot in the, interim the civi power of Ihn nation will give plaerj It the milihuy arm, in outer thatjiinlicr may he promoted ami tho puhlii Iranipiihty ho prearrved. HI "1 Tit j Nl Till (UI'ITAl,. I'-uing under the htiyonnt- of n Htron imril into the atreet, (hn mem' horn hi'held r urniio nover brf iro wit nnaacii (iy rj ii 1 1 d ir n ri eyai in repnhli-oin repnhli-oin Ann'rica. Thero wero no harri-cniha harri-cniha thrown up rtt Iho rjitrnori ol nlrrela liko lhon that met the piw.rt ol all larin at Ihn fahd iiifliirrcetion ol June, 1KIH. Nu molt aent its diReinh mil yIU to the elond on Hint mem-nrahln mem-nrahln d.iy. In jilnio ol hurrieadi-H and hailiona, the glare, of torches, and tho sol hi of women Hying heforn an infuriated pnpiilunn, ttioio wern Horn hern nnd there, nt convenient pi fieri between the eapitul and trenonry, thu miMilh of n (Miniion guanlcd by u fop mil nf rei:ulnrn or loiuinns. In nn hour, an if hy mucin, every vulnerable point in the eily of morn than n bun (I red a nil II Hy thoimand pun In wuh Ruenrn against any attack that eonlil havo been tnuiln upcui it hy nn unarmed un-armed molt. At the navy yard, around Ihn e.ipilol, tho pnM-ullh-o, treiuniry, intenor, war and navy ImildiiigH n nlrong oinnl wan placed, riui'ly for any ennM:ncy that might nrino. At tho night uf tho noltllery i p"inio ensned, not ono which arose from any fear ot iuuncdiatu diatwter, -but from a natneleas sppreheneion of -i umething terrible to come. A vagi e J ieeling that the nation had Biirrend-r ered and without a blow being anywhere any-where struct in ita defense paralyzed fear ilselt, and for the moment rebiBt-auce rebiBt-auce waa impossible. Would the re- . action over come, or would lheo lit'.le squads of armed men continue to hold a nation in subjection at .will? At 1 o'clock a rueii was made for the telosraph offlcea throughout the city. ' The military hud Ukeu potweasiua of each, und an order had been lstmed ' prohibiting the Bending of a telegram not authorized by tho officer in coin nmnd. :'! tiimultaneous with tho ordtr to place Washington under martial law, a similar law had been executed at each aUto capital, uo that by pre-arrangement, pre-arrangement, hy the click of aaingle battery, the whole nation lay prostrate pros-trate at the feet of ita military maalor. Five thotiaiind cannon and 30,000 armed Boldiera, without shedding a drop of blood, had avud a nation of 10,000,000 into a xilence profouuder than death itdelf. At several of the atale cwpitula feeble atiempta were made to wreat the alate governments from the hands of the military commanders, com-manders, but without aucceta. BumtFssixa the tuess. The day following came the order for a now election I r .president and vice-president. The day fixed for it waa tho 2Sth of February. The order waa a signal for the exercise of that gift still dearer than all otbera to eveiy true American, the gift of a free Bpeech when it beholds an opportunity opportu-nity to cryBtahze into oratory. . Meetings Meet-ings were calkd throughout the country coun-try to discusa the order lor the election. elec-tion. The pred, with the exception of the New York Tribune, thfl fiuo. the World, and the Cincinnati Commercial, Com-mercial, which had been sup pressed by an order issued on the 20th, denounced de-nounced the order and suggested, ia vague terms, resistance Lo il. At tho time appointed tor the meetings meet-ings in several of the larger cities, the military tooli possession ol the halls, and no meetings wer held. The prtbH muttered us thunders again, but in vain, and before the day arrived ar-rived fur the vote to hi taken, all prac'ieal opposition to the order had cea cd. Tho election whb directed by the military, but to show that there had been no intimidation to the voters, the people had been pei mi t ted to appoint a new at of inspectors io LAch elccliiui precinct. Xne vote proved an unusually light one, as waa ebown by the varrioua tallies, but the returna revealed frauds niuro glaring than before. So debauched had the peoplo become through the men who nad controlled the ballot lor years, that the conclusion was irreaistible that no honeat election would ever again be held under the republic. On the t of March, the day set ' down for the counting of the vote in ' accordance with the order, tiie election elec-tion waa declared null and void. The ' nation p'ood breathless with eipecta-tton. eipecta-tton. Tney had not long to waii, fur . he who stood at the hehn would be sure to meet each exigency as it arose I with tbe tti-in suif cwuirui:d that had i never failnl him in uny moment ol f danger. Th.ej were nr( ilia-ipj rmted. 1 Al iioon tin the 4th o! March, Una , hour at which the new congress were i u com i! ii.flher, Ii'.iaO troop, com i man.) id bj l it-nt ral Bilco k, untrchd s to the c.ipito!, bxk prt sion of it, and from lUe pjrtl frrmiing IVnnyl-vani IVnnyl-vani aver.ue proclaimi-d V. ii. G. dictator ! - |